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2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships
The 17th IAAF World Indoor Championships was held from 1 to 4 March 2018 in Birmingham, United Kingdom. This was the city's second hosting of the event as it previously did so in 2003. Bidding process Birmingham bid for the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships as well as the 2018 event. Portland was selected unanimously to host the 2016 event with Birmingham being the only other bidder. With Portland then out of the running for the 2018 event Birmingham was selected as the host of the 2018 event. The reason Portland was selected for 2016 and Birmingham for 2018 is that the IAAF wanted more time between events in the UK with London hosting the 2012 Summer Olympics as well as the 2017 World Championships in Athletics along with Cardiff hosting the 2016 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships. Portland would become the beginning of a similar sequence for the US, with the 2021 World Championships in Eugene, Oregon and the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Venue The event took pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birmingham
Birmingham ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper, 2.92 million in the West Midlands metropolitan county, and approximately 4.3 million in the wider metropolitan area. It is the largest UK metropolitan area outside of London. Birmingham is known as the second city of the United Kingdom. Located in the West Midlands region of England, approximately from London, Birmingham is considered to be the social, cultural, financial and commercial centre of the Midlands. Distinctively, Birmingham only has small rivers flowing through it, mainly the River Tame and its tributaries River Rea and River Cole – one of the closest main rivers is the Severn, approximately west of the city centre. Historically a market town in Warwickshire in the medieval period, Birmingham grew during the 18th century during the Midla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 Metres
The men's 60 metres at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 3 March 2018. Summary Fifteen years after his first silver medal, remarkable 43-year-old Kim Collins returned to yet another World Championship, qualifying for the semi-final round, but he did not start. The favorite in the event was Christian Coleman, just two weeks after his second world record in this event this season. While two American athletes qualifying for the final is not uncommon, two Chinese athletes qualifying for the final might be the sign of a new trend. In the final, Coleman was out fast, but next to him in the center of the track Su Bingtian was out with him. Ján Volko and Emre Zafer Barnes were also out fast, but faded quickly. Giving ground at the beginning, Ronnie Baker hit his top speed mid-race, about the same time as Coleman reached his. Coleman managed a little separation from Su, while Baker was making up lost ground. Su continued to press Coleman to the line, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 Metres
The women's 60 metres at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 2 March 2018. Summary Carolle Zahi led the opening heats with her personal best of 7.11. Murielle Ahouré showed her cards in the semi-final round, her 7.01 .06 faster than the top sprinter in the world the last couple of seasons, Elaine Thompson. 7.01 would have been fast enough to win the final. In the final, Ahouré blasted out of the blocks. With short quick, strides she had opened up a metre lead over Zahi, 20 metres into the race. The rest of the contenders formed a line across the track, only Remona Burchell was beaten at this point. The first to run down Zahi was returning silver medalist Dafne Schippers as Zahi faded. Schippers also faded, the battle in the center of the track was between Mujinga Kambundji and Marie-Josée Ta Lou, with Thompson inches behind. With her pursuers in full flight, Ahouré's lead shrunk slightly, but was insurmountable. Ta Lou and Kambundji crossed the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's Heptathlon
The men's heptathlon at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 2 and 3 March 2018. Summary With the retirement of defending champion Ashton Eaton, the multi event world opened up. 2016 Olympic silver medalist Kévin Mayer assumed the top spot winning the 2017 World Championships. His pursuers included Olympic bronze medalist Damian Warner and world championship bronze medalist Kai Kazmirek. In the 60 metres, Warner ran the top time of 6.74, his personal best, but Mayer was only .11 behind, also running his personal best, putting Warner 41 points ahead. In the long jump, Kazmirek boomed a personal best to offset one of the poorer 60 metre times to move into a tight group fighting for third place. Oleksiy Kasyanov actually held an 8 point advantage in third, with Dominik Distelberger joining the other two within 13 points of each other. At the top of the leader board, Mayer had another personal best of 7.55m in the long jump to pull within two points of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's Shot Put
The men's shot put at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 3 March 2018. Summary Thomas Walsh came in as the defending champion. Five throws into the competition, he threw to improve upon his own Oceanian record set while winning the previous championships. Nobody would beat that mark in the competition, except Walsh himself, first equalling it in the third round then throwing as the final attempt of the day. Indoor marks now being acceptable, that mark moved him to the number 15# performer in the shot put of all time, displacing Ryan Whiting who was in the competition. The race for the other medals was much more competitive. On their first attempts, Whiting threw 20.96m, Darrell Hill threw 21.06m, David Storl threw 21.14m and Darlan Romani threw 21.23m. Romani and Storl held those positions until the fourth round when, Tomáš Staněk threw 21.44m to move into silver position. Two throws later, Storl matched that mark exactly. With a superior 2nd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's Triple Jump
The men's triple jump at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 3 March 2018. Summary The fifteen athletes went directly to final. Veteran Nelson Évora was the only one to jump beyond 17 metres in the first round, his 17.14m taking the lead. Alexis Copello took the lead temporarily in the second round with a 17.17, surpassed near the end of the round by Almir dos Santos' 17.22m. Defending champion, Dong Bin's 16.84m in the round barely got him into the finals, but it was his best of the day. Returning silver medalist Max Heß didn't make the finals, hie only mark at 16.47m in the third round. At the end of that round, Évora improved upon his own ten year old national record with a 17.40m to take back the lead. After the preliminary rounds, two time Olympic silver medalist Will Claye found himself in fifth place. On his fourth attempt, he rectified that by jumping the winner. In the fifth round, dos Santos got off a 17.41m to squeeze ahead of Évora to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's Long Jump
The men's long jump at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 2 March 2018. Summary With only 15 entrants, the event went straight to the final. On the third jump of the competition, Radek Juška did a 7.99m. It turned out to be his best of the day. Only Juan Miguel Echevarría was able to do better in the first round, his 8.19m put him into the lead. In the second round, Ruswahl Samaai and defending champion Marquis Dendy both jumped 8.02m, with Samaai holding the tiebreaker. Samaai solidified his position on his third attempt with an 8.05m. His teammate, reigning outdoor champion Luvo Manyonga was in jeopardy of not getting any more jumps with two fouls. His 8.33m took him from last to first. The fourth round got more serious; Echevarría jumped 8.36m to take back the lead. Next on the runway, Manyonga bettered that with an African indoor record 8.44m. In the fifth round, Shi Yuhao's 8.12m pushed Samaai off the podium. The next jumper Dendy pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's Pole Vault
The men's pole vault at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 4 March 2018. Summary Only 15 competitors meant only a final was held. Several notable names were eliminated early on; 2015 World Champion Shawnacy Barber; 2016 Olympic champion Thiago Braz da Silva; world junior record holder Armand Duplantis; 2014 World Indoor Champion Konstantinos Filippidis; 2011 World Champion Paweł Wojciechowski; and 2013 World Champion Raphael Holzdeppe. Young newcomers Kurtis Marschall and Emmanouil Karalis cleared personal bests of 5.80m to be among the last contenders. The medalists were decided by a first attempt clearance at 5.85m, by Piotr Lisek, Sam Kendricks and Renaud Lavillenie. At that point, Lavillenie was still clean placing him in first place, Kendricks had one miss for second and Lisek had two misses for third. Six other vaulters had attempts left, many strategically passing to 5.90m after the clearances, but none were able to clear another heigh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's High Jump
The men's high jump at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place at Arena Birmingham in Birmingham, United Kingdom, on 1 March 2018. The reigning outdoor world champion, Mutaz Essa Barshim of Qatar, led the field of eleven entries that year with his jump of , set while winning the Asian indoor title. The previous world indoor champion, Italy's Gianmarco Tamberi, was not present to defend his title, though both minor medallists were present in Great Britain's Robert Grabarz and American Erik Kynard. With the pits back to back in the center of the arena and no events on the track, the men shared center stage with the women's high jump. Summary In a straight final format, the overall performance of the field was low, with six of the eleven athletes failing to clear more than the opening height of (Grabarz and former world champion Donald Thomas being the most prominent casualties). Poland's Sylwester Bednarek failed at the third height of , leaving just Barshim, K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 4 × 400 Metres Relay
The men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 3 and 4 March 2018. Summary In the heats, the Dominican Republic rested their star, disqualified silver medalist Luguelín Santos. They didn't qualify and Santos did not get to run the final. Similarly, USA was able to rest their stars, Michael Cherry and Aldrich Bailey while successfully qualifying for the final. In the final, USA was out fast with Fred Kerley having a marginal edge at the break, but extending it by running an efficient tangent from lane 6, netting himself a 3-metre lead over Poland's Karol Zalewski. Zalewski kept that gap for most of the second lap, losing a little ground in the handoff. Kerley's split 44.84. The Borlée brothers, represented by Dylan Borlée, representing Belgium were an equal gap back. With an efficient handoff to Michael Cherry, USA gained another 3 metres. Through the second leg, Rafał Omelko chipped away at Cherry's lead, by the time the h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 Metres Hurdles
The men's 60 metres hurdles at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 3 and 4 March 2018. Summary Andrew Pozzi led both qualifying rounds to prove he was a leading contender. Four the third championship in a row, France put two athletes into the final, one of them was returning silver medalist Pascal Martinot-Lagarde in his fourth straight final. Outdoor world record holder Aries Merritt also made the final, though expectations for him are not as lofty since his kidney transplant. After setting his national record as the #2 qualifier in the semi-finals, Milan Trajkovic false started himself out of the finals. Pozzi was the first over the first hurdle, but only inches ahead of Jarret Eaton. Between hurdles, Eaton exploded to almost a foot (30 cm) advantage over the next hurdle, about the same advantage Pozzi held over Martinot-Lagarde. Both Pozzi and Martinot-Lagarde rattled the second hurdle, though Martinot-Lagarde lost more ground being knocked off balan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 Metres
The men's 3000 metres at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 2 and 4 March 2018. Summary With more lane violations being called even as they would be less significant in a race of this distance, four were disqualified in the heats, most notably Olympic silver medalist Paul Chelimo, jostled into taking one step inside the rail. The final began at a jog, with first Yassin Bouih stepping out to the lead, then Clemens Bleistein to lead the race through at 1:14.58 first 400. The three Ethiopian runners all went to the back of the pack. Davis Kiplangat moved to the front but didn't really push the pace. After another lap, Adel Mechaal took the point, the next 400 accomplished even slower in at 1:15.12. Mechaal took the field through another slightly faster 400 in 1:12.12 as the Ethiopians at the back began to get impatient. Hagos Gebrhiwet began to move forward in the pack, then Yomif Kejelcha joined him. Towards the end of the next 400, Selemon Barega made ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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